Solitary Island

A/N

A couple of notes on Solitary Island, since Wattpad doesn't allow author's notes in the same chapter.

First of all, a hearty thank you! If you're reading this, it probably means you've also read the fic itself. So thank you for reading. <3

Now the very canon-savvy reader might note that I've taken artistic liberties regarding a couple of things.

Celes' sword is probably the major one. Not too long ago I read bits and pieces of another FFVI-fic (link below), wherein the author describes Celes' starting weapon as this really gorgeous sword, with literal runes on it and everything. After doing some research, I found out that Celes actually has no starting weapon, and that while there is a weapon called a "rune blade" in the game, it's not exclusive to Celes.

That seemed like a shame to me, so I decided to go with the headcanon that Celes does indeed have a "rune sword" which is exclusive to her.

As for the reason why the sword is there... I imagine that Celes, once everything is over and done with, would like to return to Solitary Island once more, just to check on Cid's grave and to leave the sword. She's saved the world, and now she's done fighting -- for good.

Fun fact: In Swedish there's an actual word for when the sun reflects off of a surface, like the face of a watch or a water surface. It's called a "solkatt" (which translates literally to "sun cat".) I don't think there's any English variant of it(?), which is kind of too bad because words that sum up an entire concept like that are really useful.

Additional fun fact: I only intended to write this fic(let?) as a very short snippet to jot down the bare bones of it and then get back to studying, but then an hour went by and I kind of felt like this could stand on its own, so... Here we are.

(And because I can't get Wattpad to embed it, here's the link for the other FFVI-fanfic I mentioned: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/321839/1/Final_Fantasy_VI_The_Novel.)